Sep, 2005
Ultrasmall pulmonary opacities on multidetector-row high-resolution computed tomography - A prospective radiologic-pathologic examination
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
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- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 5
- First page
- 621
- Last page
- 625
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.rct.0000172672.09564.8c
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Objective: To clarify the pathologic findings of ultrasmall pulmonary opacities (5 mm or smaller in diameter) found on multidetector-row high-resolution computed tomography (MD-HRCT).
Methods: Ten lobes in 10 patients were included in this study. Each lobe had a primary lung tumor and was removed surgically. Two thoracic radiologists noted any tiny nonlinear opacity on preoperative MD-HRCT films (1.25-mm thickness) covering the whole lobe. Pathologic findings of detected opacities were evaluated macroscopically and microscopically.
Results: Among 139 ultrasmall opacities 5 mm or smaller in diameter, 94 corresponded to normal anatomic structures (partial volume averaging or motion artifact), 36 corresponded to pathologic abnormalities, and 9 were unidentified. Histologic diagnoses of 36 pathologic abnormalities were inflammatory lesions (n = 16), intrapulmonary lymph nodes (IPLN; n = 7), atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH; n = 7), bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC; n = 5), and another neoplastic lesion (n = 1).
Conclusion: Tiny pulmonary lesions, such as AAHs, BACs, and IPLNs, were identified among ultrasmall opacities found on MD-HRCT.
Methods: Ten lobes in 10 patients were included in this study. Each lobe had a primary lung tumor and was removed surgically. Two thoracic radiologists noted any tiny nonlinear opacity on preoperative MD-HRCT films (1.25-mm thickness) covering the whole lobe. Pathologic findings of detected opacities were evaluated macroscopically and microscopically.
Results: Among 139 ultrasmall opacities 5 mm or smaller in diameter, 94 corresponded to normal anatomic structures (partial volume averaging or motion artifact), 36 corresponded to pathologic abnormalities, and 9 were unidentified. Histologic diagnoses of 36 pathologic abnormalities were inflammatory lesions (n = 16), intrapulmonary lymph nodes (IPLN; n = 7), atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH; n = 7), bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC; n = 5), and another neoplastic lesion (n = 1).
Conclusion: Tiny pulmonary lesions, such as AAHs, BACs, and IPLNs, were identified among ultrasmall opacities found on MD-HRCT.
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- DOI : 10.1097/01.rct.0000172672.09564.8c
- ISSN : 0363-8715
- Pubmed ID : 16163031
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000232173300011